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You can impeach somebody for anything. if you want to talk about obstruction as a matter of criminal law. i say, let's say for purposes of argument, let's assume the worst about president trump and he was guilty of an underlying crime and he fired comey because he didn't want comey to get to the bottom of it. if that's all they have, it's not criminal obstruction of justice. i don't know of one supreme court case that would support that interpretation. there are a handful of appellate course cases over the last 20 or 30 years -- >> laura: i know what you're talking about. they can't hang it on...

That you know are coming. and here's the thing about the word "russia" people are no longer being precise. the word to a democrat equals automatic guilt for donald trump and automatic collusion and automatic obstruction. the word "russia" can also mean that president trump was frustrated with james comey because he would never say in public what he said in private that trump is not under investigation. and that is understandable for the president to have that sentiment. of course you want that occupant. it's not an unreasonable request to a subordinate and comey didn't do it. i think that's wh...

Donald j. trump. what started as concerns of russian collusion has morphed into an obstruction of justice narrative because trump fired someone who he was constitutionally permitted to fire for any reason. in federal investigations, the government has limitless budgets, subpoena power and an army of prosecutors on its side. so targets should not be chosen or eliminated on the basis of their political views, nor because they're considered big fish whose prosecutions could pay big time in big career dividends down the road. this is neither just nor enforcement of the law. what it is, it's big ga...

I would ask everybody who comments on the other networks and acts like it is obstruction to read the arthur anderson case where the supreme court in a 9-0 vote talked about what was needed for something to be corrupt. >> laura: ari fleisher, look, this seems to be very conveniently timed. we do have the new ig report which we hear is going to be released any minute now and watch them release it tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. i hope that's not the case. but this is what the niems reporter on this issue of mccabe and this memo, what they said. let's watch. >> mccabe goes into this meeting at the justice ...

We all heard the case about how he was doing it like a mafia figure. the fact of the matter is that trump has unfettered pardon power but he can't use it corruptly. and you know, and michael cohen, but all the crimes, obstruction, lying, et cetera, campaign finance, goes list by list. that's exactly what that cast of characters looks like -- >> laura: you agree that article 2, section 2, clause one -- >> he can fire comey but not for corrupt reasons. >> laura: you're saying the pardoning of dinesh de souza could be tantamount to obstruction of justice. >> every single one of those crimes -- >>...